COMMON GHOULS BOUND to die fast, die immature, know undeniably well that Aogiri Tree is the segregated sector of their own kind. They imagined the situation about how they would probably titter hearing elegies of high-ranked ghouls and coo at the sound of excruciating cries as they gave in to their overboard craving for the flesh of those young.
And as much as they despise them every so often, they yearn for the lives they get to live. They hold the kind of life every ghoul could ever hope for. They stand there dreaming about what it was like to carry the minacious title among the millions of ghouls. It was too much of a dream, a glory, and a privilege.
" So, tell me, (Y/N). Why do you hate her?"
(Y/N)'s head lifted slightly at her question. She settled her back against the tarnished door, witnessing the little figure wrap bandages around her bare body.
" It's not like I need a reason to hate on her," the (h/c)-haired female said.
The half-unclothed ghoul giggled at her response, " Let me rephrase then. How it that you got that strong hatred compared to those?"
" I mean," she shook her head at the question, " Why not? If everyone hates her, I honestly think it's best to do the same."
" Still pretty curious about the why."
" You know me better than anyone, Eto, a little more than Ayato," (Y/N) spoke as she stared at one of her hazy green eyes, " So my answer is still the same. I don't have a reason. I just felt like it."
The crisp chill slipped in under her sleeves when she walked against the air of the 20th ward. It was too peaceful to her liking, but something about it smelt as if some crucial puzzle piece was lying within the depths of the area. And she knew about it and the fact something significant was hiding in the corner. So maybe that's why she hasn't given up on the tranquil district just yet.
She was too deep and lost in her beliefs, she completely blanked out enough to find the bothering whistles of a blonde-haired inaudible. (Y/N) was only interrupted upon feeling a slight, tingling burn in her chest and the realization of the close proximity between her and the man ahead of her.
" OH, SHOOT!"
(Y/N) looked down at her shirt and couldn't help but snarl softly at the hideous sight of the brown spot splattered around it. The burning presence of coffee droplets on the surface of her tee slightly prickled her skin, but she held back the pain.
" Uh, yeah...it's-" her eyes twitched to hold back her disappointment.
" NO!" the male gasped as he took out a pile of tissue from his back, pushing it to her chest, " I really didn't look where I was going-"
" I didn't either," she looked down, taking only a thin sheet before returning it by shoving it into his hand.
" I'M SO SORRY!"
The (h/c)-haired female stopped dabbing her now stained shirt and glanced up to see his charming, olive eyes nervously staring back at hers.
" It's fine. Accidents happen. I can take it."
The desperate male gulped in response, quickly shaking his head in great distress, " No, no, no. You don't get it. That thing's flaming hot! But not as in hot, but like hot tempe-"
" It's practically my entire fault for not being able to look ahead," she sighed, pulling her jacket tighter around her body to cover the smear.
" I STILL AM VERY GUILTY!"
" I said it's fine," she tried her best to sound not as irritated as she was deep inside, but it was too obvious and she made it sound sarcastic instead.
She walked past his shoulder, and her teeth gritted, but she was grabbed by the forearm and pulled back, too harshly she quickly bumped her forehead against his chin.
" No, I beg of you. I made this mess. So, as a man..." he cleared his throat, " Please accept my sincerest apology!"
He shoved the entire tissue box he had and a bottle of sealed water into both her hands, leading to (Y/N) standing there as she enlarged her pupils.
She looked at his eyes, puzzled, and stared deeply at it enough to send a wave of tension to his soul, but all he did in return was staring back at her, returning the look. But in the bottomless pit inside his eyes, she could confidently say that he wasn't lying when he said he felt terribly guilty.
His eyes wandered around her face for a brief moment. He tilted his head as he walked around his thoughts before speaking.
" Are you hurt anywhere or..." he whispered, unsettled with her behavior.
" I'm fine," the (h/c)-haired female loosened the grip around the items and looked down at them, " But I don't need any of these."
" I really, really, really insist. I feel horrible for not being able to look where I was going."
" I really actually don't nee-"
" HEY, aren't you that person who went to Anteiku like a couple of days ago?" he whistled, flashing a toothy grin at her, patting her shoulders awkwardly with his sweaty palms.
She couldn't help but give out a bogus gasp. Her lips parted into a little circle as she gave out a satirical huff.
" You're pretty attentive."
" I mean, if you do remember seeing me I guess that makes you the same, right?" he shrugged, lowering his eyes as sparks of interest begin to fill his throat, " I mean, fancy seeing you because like... my friend is in desperate need of a girlfriend."
(Y/N) rolled her eyes at his remark, " And? You're suggesting that I become his?"
" Hey, hey, not like that but like, if you managed to pull some dude, I wouldn't be surprised."
" Compliment or critic?"
" Isn't it obvious?" he let out a hearty chuckle, " Compliment!"
(Y/N) had anticipated the answer, yet her derisive visage melted. She looked somewhat satisfied and less ruthless. She had completely let go of the situation at his bubbly answer. And as much as she hoped she shouldn't feel this much entertained with such random interaction, it was enthralling.
" Then thank you?"
" Heh, yeah," he rubbed his nape with a mousy, little grin plastered on his face, " Hey, gotta go now," he gave out an unhappy sigh, slouching his back a little too obviously he was actually trying to tease her up, " See you around though, pretty!"
Her fingers twitched at the word and she snarled at his figure dashing away to the other direction. (Y/N) raised her right eyebrow, scoffing at his actions as she crossed her arms with the items stuck to both her hands and shook her head.
" Moron."
" I... I have to eat him... "
There was a hole punctured in his abdomen but still, Kaneki walked towards a paralyzed Hide with his back curved and his legs trembling. Just like a madman, he ferociously cackled as he landed on the ground on both knees.
" Hide is my... friend! That's right! He is my friend, so I have to eat him!"
" Guess you didn't hold out long, huh, half-breed? Your head's completely given way to your stomach, right?"
A sudden figure abruptly grabbed the human away from the starved ghoul, who growled when it happened.
" Out of the way!" Kaneki's voice reverberated across the hidden zone, looking up to see Touka, who was smiling at him insultingly.
" Yeah, you handle him. He looks like a pain in the ass to deal with," (B/N) taunted, putting the unconscious male to the ground further from the commotion. He used his two fingers to lift Hide's chin and leaned in to hear his beating heart. He frowned, clicking his tongue, " Hey, Touka, I'll take care of his friend."
He lifted the bleeding body, holding him firmly with his arms. The blonde-haired male had his head resting against the ghoul's chest and his hand over his stomach.
" Help me with that chandelier man hanging up there," she yelled from a distance, grinning slightly, her eyes still pinned to the ravenette.
(B/N) had stopped in his tracks hearing his words. He turned back, a disappointed expression painted across his face.
" You do know that he can regenerate, right?"
" Just do it."
" He's a fuckin' ghoul. I don't see a reason to save his a-"
" JUST DO IT, YOU DIMWIT!"
The male groaned at her scolding, looking up at the inert ghoul above his head with a pair of dull black and a luminous shade of blood red.
" Fine," he mumbled.
Four branches of maroon vine-like kagunes, each with millions of microscopic thorns and needles engulfing around it, shot up from his lower back and quickly grabbed onto the half-dead Nishiki, circling and griping around each of his four limbs.
It swiftly brought back his immobile body to where he stood, and he caught him by the arm. (B/N ) grunted at his weight and hissed at the question of how he had to manage both before he finally made the decision to carry the two comatose males with one arm supporting one, the other holding the other. His muscles tensed up and he took a short, deep breath lifting up the two, and began to escape.
" Not even your friend's life has value to you anymore," Touka loosened her tie and spoke with such bravery upon seeing the sight of a smirking Kaneki and a glowing red Kagune sprouting out from the sides and the back of his body, " Wanna know something? Gobble this guy right up and you'll regret it later while drowning in a sea of blood and entrails. Such is a ghoul's hunger and our destiny. You really are a hassle to deal with. I'll play nice with you just this one time so make sure you go down nice and easy!"